98 new booths coming to Khulna for low-cost safe water
Staff Reporter, Kaler Kantho · 14 October 2026
Khulna is adding Water ATM booths to tackle its saline water crisis and make safe drinking water easier for city residents to get. Under a three-year memorandum of understanding between Khulna WASA and Drinkwell, 98 new Water ATMs will be installed in different parts of the city. Together with the two booths already running, the plan is to supply low-cost water through a total of 100 ATMs.
The two organisations signed the MoU at the Khulna WASA building on Monday afternoon. Those involved hope the new booths will make it easier to collect safe drinking water, especially for people on low incomes.
Khulna WASA Managing Director Md. Firoz Shah, Executive Engineer Md. Rezaul Islam, Drinkwell Director Imtiaz Mohsin, Head of Service Engineering Md. Abdus Sattar and Head of Human Resources Farhana Rahman attended the signing, along with officials from both organisations.
Speaking at the event, Firoz Shah said WASA welcomes the move to expand Water ATMs to meet the demand for safe water in the salinity-prone Khulna region. The agency will give its full cooperation to carry the work out.
Drinkwell Director Imtiaz Mohsin said the new agreement will give the people of Khulna more opportunity to get safe drinking water at low cost. Drinkwell has run two Water ATM booths in the Khulna City Corporation area with Khulna WASA's cooperation since 2024.
Md. Abdus Sattar, head of the company's service engineering department, said Drinkwell began its journey in 2015. It now supplies low-cost safe drinking water to more than 2 million people through 350 Water ATMs in Dhaka. The company also works in Dhaka, Rajshahi, Khulna, Narayanganj and Faridpur.
Under the agreement, Drinkwell will assess the quality of the water Khulna WASA supplies, and the treatment it needs, before installing new booths. Additional treatment will be added if needed.
Water will be dispensed using RFID card technology. In the first phase, Khulna WASA and Khulna City Corporation will provide the land for the booths. Drinkwell will be responsible for supplying the equipment, the capital investment, design, installing the booths, and running and maintaining them.
Those involved expect the 98 new booths to increase the supply of safe water across the city.
English translation by Drinkwell. The Bangla original, published by Kaler Kantho, is the authoritative text.
